2024-01-03 14:08:24

Help! AV advice needed.

I have an office with low-level background noise.

I’ve tried a condenser mic and they pick up EVERYTHING!!!

I’ve tried a dynamic mic and I need to really have it in my face to eliminate the noise and it’s looks stupid (but sounds awesome).

I’m currently trying a cheap(er) wired lavalier mic and this seems like a good compromise.

Should I:
a) Now I’ve proven it’s good invest in a wireless lav mic?
b) Do something else? Shotgun/directional mic? Hide under a duvet?

2024-01-03 08:22:33

A label that reads (I kid you not): “West Yorkshire Spinners. 100% Bluefaced Kerry Hill. Re:treat. Chunky. Roving.”

I found this in my house. I eventually worked out what it was for. But without context it’s a very random collection of words.

What do YOU think this is a label for?

2024-01-01 16:22:50

What an incredible run. I have loved Tom Scott's curiosity, intelligence, humour and humility.

His final Monday video after 10 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DKv5H5Frt

Thank you, Tom!

2024-01-01 15:58:36

Today is not a great start to the year. I have a stinking cold and am in bed with my body saying “NOT TODAY, THANK YOU!!!”.

Will start the new routines and stuff tomorrow.

Maybe.

2023-12-30 17:41:28

I know this is probably an ancient JAMStack thing, but is there a really simple, cheap, cloud-based database/key-value store with a simple get/put API and simple auth?

Happy to self-host (this may be preferable, in fact).

2023-12-30 12:16:15

Docs are incredible. Data structures are documented. There’s pseudo code for key algorithms. And over 40 pages of documented manual tests!!

I never did anything like this in my working life.

Well done 17/18 year old me!! 🙌🙌

2023-12-30 12:08:03

Working at a very low level though. There are references to hand-crafted, doubly-linked lists! Needs a better standard library/primitives. Perhaps these existed but we were encouraged to work from first principles?

2023-12-30 12:06:07

Pascal seems really well structured. I’m seeing interfaces, good typing. “PROCEDURE”s presumably have side effects where “FUNCTION”s do not. Nice!